Taranis QX7 Gimbal restrictor plate for M7

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Maybe I have short fingers....maybe my hands are too stiff....I don't know. However, the gimbals on my Taranis QX7 always felt as if they have too much travel distance to reach the stops. I always compensated with my rates. FrSky wisely made the M9-R gimbal for the Taranis X9D radio https://www.frsky-rc.com/frsky-hall-sensor-gimbal-for-racing-pilots-m9-r/ . Billed as the "Racers" gimbal, it shortens the stick throw by 25%. However, FrSky decided to forget about us QX7 users, as they don't make a "Type-R" gimbal for us. Enter the Restrictor Plate for QX7. These plates simply snap into the silver rings surrounding your M7 gimbals and reduce the travel by ~25%, mimicking the M9-R travel distance. No permanent modifications or disassembly of radio are necessary. They simply snap into place, and can be removed with little effort if you don't like them. After they are installed and centered correctly around your gimbal(s), you will have to perform the gimbal calibration from within the radio's settings. There are videos on Youtube showing how to do this, and it only takes a few seconds. The calibration sets the new end-points of the sticks and retains the full 1000-2000 data points of resolution. The reduced travel distance combined with the full 1000-2000 points of resolution makes your M7 gimbals even more precise with less finger/hand movement. If you later change the stick ends to something other then the stock "lotus" style (or remove the restrictor plates), you will have to perform the calibration again. These restrictor plates work with FrSky QX7 M7 gimbals *ONLY*. I printed in black PLA to match my radio.